Implications of U.S. Supreme Court’s Expansion of Civil RICO Liability: An Analysis of Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn

Case Background Douglas Horn sought relief from chronic pain by purchasing and using Medical Marijuana, Inc.’s Dixie X. This product was advertised as being THC free, which Horn alleged was the reason he chose it. Not long after, Horn was randomly drug tested at work and tested positive for THC. As a result, Horn was […]

SCOTUS Ends “Background Circumstances” Rule in Reverse Discrimination Cases

Case Background In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, No. 23-1039, 605 U.S. ___ (2025), a heterosexual woman claims her employer, an Ohio state agency, passed her over for promotion and then demoted her so positions could be given to gay candidates with less experience. Plaintiff claims her employer discriminated against her on the basis […]

Chevron Deference Overturned by U.S. Supreme Court

On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued its long-anticipated decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, overturning Chevron, which had provided deference to the interpretations of agencies where a statute was ambiguous. SCOTUS granted certiorari limited to the question of whether Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. NRDC, Inc. 467 U.S. 837 should […]

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Corporations Can Be Properly Sued in State Courts Wherever Registration Statutes Provide Jurisdiction

Under a new ruling of the Supreme Court, corporations can now be required to consent to personal jurisdiction if they want to do any business within a state. This is no matter how small the business within the state may be and even if that small business had nothing to do with the plaintiff’s claim […]